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Next Generation Learning

On 12/27/2010, in blogs / blogging / vlogging, change, collaboration, communications, digital learning, emerging technologies, future, innovation, learning ecosystem, learning theories, multimedia, new media literacies, podcasting, research, by Daniel Christian

Next Generation Learning — from The Great Ideas Conference
Excerpt:

Learning is undergoing drastic changes. Access to technology has allowed us to engage in a range of new media activities including blogging, co-creation, gaming, instant messaging, podcasting, social networking, social sharing and video creation. These new forms of media allow us to communicate and collaborate in new ways.

Next Generation Learning at Great Ideas 2011 will look at what the research says in terms of how people learn differently with the use of these new forms of media and how to successfully apply and implement the research in your association. No other time in history has there been this type of convergence for associations providing learning and education. It will also be a learning lab that models unique, innovative education formats including hands-on interactive activities to live-streaming to facilitated Peer2Peer Roundtables. Come experience the content and see new ways to involve others in learning.

Tagged with: collaboration • communications • digital learning • emerging technologies • future • innovation • learning ecosystem • learning theories • multimedia • new media literacies • podcasting • research • social learning

UMass Dartmouth Online Professor and Student Span Distance for Collaborative Research Success

On 12/20/2010, in higher education, online learning, research, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

UMass Dartmouth Online Professor and Student Span Distance for Collaborative Research Success — from UMassOnline Blog by Jennifer Brady

“What is interesting about this collaboration is the fact that it was entirely based in an online experience,” noted Professor McGuire. “Helen and I have never met in-person, but we were able to fully collaborate on this piece online.” “Generating a piece of primary literature in this way is a first for me” noted Professor McGuire.

Tagged with: higher education • online learning • research • web-based collaboration

The Global Innovation 1000 report from Booz & Company

On 12/11/2010, in corporate / business world, innovation, research, strategy, workplace, by Daniel Christian

— from BizDean’s Talk

Booz & Company’s hypothesis:
Companies that can craft a tightly focused set of innovation capabilities in line with their particular innovation strategy —and then align them with other enterprise-wide capabilities and their overall business strategy — will get a better return on the resources they invest in innovation.

Tagged with: corporate / business world • innovation • research • strategy • workplace

UMC packs 3-D visuals into cutting-edge research lab

On 12/06/2010, in 3D, computer science, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, higher education, immersion, mathematics, research, science, simulations, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, visualizing information, by Daniel Christian

UMC packs 3-D visuals into cutting-edge research lab — from grandforksherald.com by Ryan Johnson

$145,000 virtual immersion lab creates realistic 3-D simulations
Think virtual reality, only more realistic. Add to that cutting edge-technology and the ability to interact with and walk around 3-D holograms and you get the newest addition to the University of Minnesota-Crookston, complete with special effects impressive enough to put the 2009 blockbuster film “Avatar” to shame

— Dr. Adel Ali from grandforksherald.com

Tagged with: 3D • computer science • emerging technologies • higher education • immersion • math • research • science • simulations • virtual reality / worlds / learning • visualizing information

Tagged with: browsers • research • search • social media • social networking

open.michigan

On 11/02/2010, in global / globalization, higher education, library / librarians, Michigan, open courseware and systems, research, by Daniel Christian

— Found originally at blog.oer.sbctc.edu

Tagged with: global • Global learning • higher education • library / librarians • Michigan • ocw • research

Web video highlights original and innovative work of a faculty member

On 10/11/2010, in adjunct faculty, digital video, education, education reform, faculty, pedagogy, psychology, publishing, research, sociology, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
First of all, I got this item from:

One Facet of the Future of Educational Publishing — by Jeff Frank

I really enjoyed watching the Strage Prize video, and it led me to think more about the relationship between online video and the publication of educational research. In my role as Managing Editor of the Teachers College Record, I read a very large number of qualitative and ethnographic studies. While the best of these papers give the reader a strong sense of the subjects and the study location (and the author/researcher), after watching the 2010 Strage Prize video, I was fascinating by how much this video added to my understanding and appreciation of Lalitha’s paper.
…

I think having the two together–the written work and the video/podcast–adds something of unique value. I hope more educational researchers and publishers experiment with these kinds of paired works, because I think they offer readers a wonderful educative experience.

Side note from DSC:
Think interactive, multimedia on an iPad sort of device.

Which led me to:

Strage Prize 2010 — by Gary Natriello | October 8, 2010

This video features the work of Lalitha Vasudevan and her paper, “Performing New Geographies of Literacy Teaching and Learning.” The paper focuses on the literacies and digitally mediated lives of youth, and was published in the July 2009 issue of English Education.

The video’s production and publication is supported by the Strage Junior Faculty Prize. The Prize was established in 2009 by Teachers College alumna Alberta Strage and her husband Henry to recognize junior faculty achievement. Alberta also serves on both the President’s Advisory Council and the International Advisory Council for Teachers College. We appreciate both their generosity to Teachers College and support for the work of our junior faculty.

The Prize supports the production of a web video to highlight original and innovative work of a junior faculty member at Teachers College. All currently untenured members of the faculty in tenure-line appointments are eligible to compete for the prize by submitting an article, book chapter, paper, or other original product appearing during the previous year.

Congratulations Professor Vasudevan!

Tagged with: adjunct faculty • anthropology • digital video • education • education reform • faculty • literacy • psychology • publishing • sociology • teaching & learning

Gartner’s 2010 Hype Cycle Special Report Evaluates Maturity of 1,800 Technologies

On 10/11/2010, in emerging technologies, research, by Daniel Christian

Gartner’s 2010 Hype Cycle Special Report Evaluates Maturity of 1,800 Technologies — from Gartner
Hype Cycle Research Provides a Cross-Industry Perspective on Potentially Transformative Technologies

Figure 1 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2010

Source: Gartner (August 2010)

Key themes emerging from this year’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies include:

User experience and interaction.
Augmented reality, context and the real-world Web.
Data-driven decisions.
Cloud-computing implications.
Value from the periphery.

Tagged with: emerging technologies • research

Coming to a living room near you — items from Wainhouse Research Bulletin

On 10/09/2010, in convergence, digital audio, digital video, homeschooling/homeschoolers, research, technologies for your home, tools, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Also from http://www.wainhouse.com/files/wrb-11/WRB-1120.pdf

Cisco Intros “Home Telepresence” with umi
Logitech Delivers Google TV to Living Rooms
Citrix Enhances GoToMeeting with Videoconferencing
More Video Briefs …

Also see:

Tagged with: convergence • digital audio • digital video • homeschooling/homeschoolers • technologies for the home • tools • vendors • videoconferencing • web-based collaboration

Apollo Group joins learning technology partnership with Stanford University

On 09/17/2010, in education technology, interaction design, interactivity, learning theories, research, by Daniel Christian

Apollo Group joins learning technology partnership with Stanford University — from businesswire.com
Partnership brings together academic researchers and select industry partners to study interactive communications and technology; Apollo Group’s Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti to serve as visiting scholar

Through the partnership, Apollo Group and Dr. Wilen-Daugenti will work with Stanford University faculty and researchers studying basic issues about the design and use of modern technologies and their impact on today’s learner. Apollo Group will also participate with Stanford faculty members and graduate students to explore the role technology can play in higher education organizations, with a specialization in distance learning.

“Technology today is changing at an extremely fast pace, which impacts both enterprise and educational institutions, requiring them to keep up with the latest trends,” said Dr. Wilen-Daugenti. “Students are increasingly exposed to the latest technology in their lives, and seek access to it in their work and education environments. Through this partnership and visiting scholar program, we hope to address this issue and find ways for higher learning institutions to more readily use technology to address the needs of today’s students.”

Tagged with: cognition • cognitive psychology / computing • educational technology • for-profits • interaction design • interactivity • learning theories • research

The Value of Academic Libraries (ACRL, September 2010)

On 09/14/2010, in colleges, community colleges, learning ecosystem, library / librarians, research, universities, by Daniel Christian

Excerpt from the Executive Summary:

Academic libraries have long enjoyed their status as the “heart of the university.” However, in recent decades, higher education environments have changed. Government officials see higher education as a national resource. Employers view higher education institutions as producers of a commodity—student learning. Top academic faculty expect higher education institutions to support and promote cuttingedge research. Parents and students expect higher education to enhance students’ collegiate experience, as well as propel their career placement and earning potential. Not only do stakeholders count on higher education institutions to achieve these goals,
they also require them to demonstrate evidence that they have achieved them. The same is true for academic libraries; they too can provide evidence of their value. Community college, college, and university librarians no longer can rely on their stakeholders’ belief in their importance. Rather, they must demonstrate their value.

Purpose – The following review and report is intended to provide Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) leaders and the academic community with 1) a clear view of the current state of the literature on value of libraries within an institutional context, 2) suggestions for immediate “Next Steps” in the demonstration of academic library value, and 3) a “Research Agenda” for articulating academic library value. It strives to help librarians understand, based on professional literature, the current answer to the question, “How does the library advance the missions of the institution?” The report is also of interest to higher educational professionals external to libraries, including senior leaders, administrators, faculty, and student affairs professionals.

Scope – This report is intended to describe the current state of the research on community college, college, and university library value and suggest focus areas for future research…

Tagged with: colleges • community college • learning ecosystem • learning objects • library / librarians • research • universities

Education remix: New media, literacies, and the emerging digital geographies

On 08/10/2010, in game-changing environment, innovation, multimedia, new media literacies, research, by Daniel Christian

Education remix: New media, literacies, and the emerging digital geographies — from Australian Policy Online by Lalitha Vasudevan [via GetIdeas.org blog]

This article explores instances of youth educating themselves beyond the boundaries of school through engagement with and production of ‘digital geographies’, or the emerging landscapes that are being produced through the confluence of new communicative practices and available media and technologies.

A framework of digital geographies, which is grounded in theories of spatiality, literacies, and multimodality, is used to analyze the social media practices and multimedia artifacts produced by two court-involved youth, who are part of an ongoing, multi-year ethnography of an alternative to incarceration program. Attention to digital geographies, and attendant communicative practices, can yield important insights about education beyond the school walls. The conclusion addresses the implications of this research for meaningful educational contexts for adolescents’ literacies and how learning might be conceptualized and designed within school.

Tagged with: game-changing environment • innovation • multimedia • new media literacies • research

Harvard U. institute unveils software that helps build academic sites

On 07/30/2010, in adjunct faculty, faculty, research, web design and production, by Daniel Christian

Harvard U. institute unveils software that helps build academic sites — from The Chronicle by Sophia Li

Last week, a team at Harvard University rolled out the latest release of a program that helps researchers create their own Web sites. The open-source software, OpenScholar, seeks to make building and customizing Web sites simple and straightforward, even for academics who aren’t tech-savvy.

There are currently two versions of the software: one for scholars to create a personal Web site and one for researchers to build a project Web site.

Tagged with: adjunct faculty • faculty • research • web design • web development

Papers for the iPad or iPhone

On 07/23/2010, in Apple, computer science, education technology, productivity / tips and tricks, research, science, tools, by Daniel Christian

Also see:

Tagged with: Apple • computer science • educational technology • iPad • iPhone • productivity • research • science • tips and tricks • tools

What a great mission/vision

On 07/21/2010, in creativity, innovation, multimedia, music, research, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Multimedia
Cross-disciplinary
Networked projects
Music-related

Within these parameters, the work of the center extends into fine arts, education, health sciences, business, and computer science. As Tavel Center associates collaborate with researchers in these areas, new modes of creative thought innovation and expression emerge.

The story of the Department of Music and Arts Technology began in the mid-1990s when the shared campus of Indiana University and Purdue University began offering what was the first United States-based master of science degree in music technology. The focus was on educating students on computer-based music technology, multimedia and interactive design, and multimedia production techniques.

Also see:
The technology that saved a university degree program — from InsideHigherEd. by Dian Schaffhauser

Tagged with: creativity • cross-disciplinary assignments • innovation • multimedia • music • research • technologies • videoconferencing • web-based collaboration

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